15-letter words containing c, i, v, l
- intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
- literary device — technique used in writing
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- muzzle velocity — the speed of a projectile, usually expressed in feet or meters per second, as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
- nonconventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- nova scotia lox — a kind of brine-cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox) often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel.
- oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
- omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
- oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
- over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-articulate — excessively articulate
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- over-cultivated — to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
- over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- over-solicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overapplication — excessive application
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- overcontrolling — excessively controlling
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- palliative-care — medical care focused on improving the quality of life of patients with serious illnesses, as by treating symptoms and providing emotional support.
- participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.